Norman Douglas ( 9 of 9 )
Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.
Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.
How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.
How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this read more
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is apt to mark the end of their capacities. They can't even attend to the elementary animal requirements of their offspring. It is quite surprising how many children survive in spite of their mothers.
To find a friend one must close one eye -- to keep him, two.
To find a friend one must close one eye -- to keep him, two.
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to
themselves.
They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to
themselves.
The average Ph.D thesis is nothing but the transference of bones from one graveyard to another.
The average Ph.D thesis is nothing but the transference of bones from one graveyard to another.
The longer one lives, the more one realizes that nothing is a dish for every day. - The Oracle.
The longer one lives, the more one realizes that nothing is a dish for every day. - The Oracle.
It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest.
It takes a wise man to handle a lie. A fool had better remain honest.
